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Lawrence Radiation Laboratory recently announced the completion of a new 88‐inch cyclotron for low‐energy research. The design of the new machine incorporates the new spiral‐ridge principle, a configuration of the pole faces which allows greater versatility and precision than is possible with older designs. The 300‐ton instrument was built at a cost of $4.85 million, which was supplied by the Atomic Energy Commission, and was developed by a group headed by Elmer Kelly, the physicist in charge of the machine. Construction took more than two years.